Tired of watching files crawl across your drive? FastCopy is the answer, but its power lies in optimization. This guide unlocks the best settings for maximizing your transfer speeds.
First, consider your drives. If transferring between different physical drives, increase the buffer size (up to 256MB). This allows FastCopy to read and write in larger chunks, reducing overhead. For transfers within the same drive, a smaller buffer might be more efficient.
Experiment with the `I/O Size`. Larger sizes (e.g., 1MB) can boost performance for large files, but smaller sizes (e.g., 64KB) might be better for numerous small files. Monitor CPU usage; excessive usage indicates an inefficient setting.
For source and destination drives, explore options such as enabling or disabling Verify. Disabling verification can increase the speed but it decreases the security of your transfer, use with caution.
Finally, prioritize speed by enabling `Only Copy Updated`. This skips already-transferred files, drastically reducing transfer times for incremental backups. Test different configurations to find the perfect balance between speed and resource usage for your specific hardware and file types. Happy copying!
